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Brilliant_Rock
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I'm trying to get a project off the ground: an emerald cut set E-W in a rose gold bezel ring to wear to work when my engagement ring is too showy, and I'd love some help finding a diamond!
I was super excited about this K/faint brown from JA but, lo and behold, the "deadness" under the table totally manifests in real life. I faux-bezeled it with aluminum foil and it looked completely depressing. So it'll be going back!
What I'd loved about it online was (1) the price and (2) the color -- well, I can barely even see the color (apparently not color-sensitive at all!) and the budget is about $2k but with some wiggle room if needed (as nice as spending only $890 on that K/brown diamond was!). I'd rather not go much below 4x6mm, though, or above 7x5.
I'd prefer a faint brown, but yellow is OK. I could definitely go lower in color, too!
Here are some potentials I found on JA, based on performance in the video:
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/emerald-cut/0.70-carat-j-color-vs2-clarity-sku-1957392
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/emerald-cut/0.80-carat-j-color-vs2-clarity-sku-615239
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/emerald-cut/0.90-carat-k-color-vvs1-clarity-sku-908237
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/emerald-cut/0.92-carat-k-color-vs2-clarity-sku-684373
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/emerald-cut/0.97-carat-k-color-vs2-clarity-sku-823956
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/emerald-cut/1.04-carat-k-color-si1-clarity-sku-2107901
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/emerald-cut/1.01-carat-k-color-vs2-clarity-sku-1775208
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/emerald-cut/1.07-carat-k-color-si1-clarity-sku-1871820
Happy for opinions if anyone's motivated to look through all those! There's quite a range of ct size, cost ($1500-2400), clarity, and even lab (included 3 IGI diamonds, which are probably not as discounted as they oughtta be for how tinted they look!). Some have small but likely eye-visible inclusions, but none of them so bad that I'd eliminate out of hand (no BIG black gunk under the table, for example). I just can't pick *one* based on the performance, balance of specs & price, etc. Or even a rank list to discuss with the gemologist & see which have ASETs available.
Or... any other suggestions? Warm -- probably down to a N/O would be OK -- with broad clarity requirements. I love fluoro (even yellow fluor would be fine, I've always wanted one!). I don't want to pay a ton for it, but I'm also not looking for a typical G/VS2 engagement ring diamond.
I was super excited about this K/faint brown from JA but, lo and behold, the "deadness" under the table totally manifests in real life. I faux-bezeled it with aluminum foil and it looked completely depressing. So it'll be going back!
What I'd loved about it online was (1) the price and (2) the color -- well, I can barely even see the color (apparently not color-sensitive at all!) and the budget is about $2k but with some wiggle room if needed (as nice as spending only $890 on that K/brown diamond was!). I'd rather not go much below 4x6mm, though, or above 7x5.
I'd prefer a faint brown, but yellow is OK. I could definitely go lower in color, too!
Here are some potentials I found on JA, based on performance in the video:
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/emerald-cut/0.70-carat-j-color-vs2-clarity-sku-1957392
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/emerald-cut/0.80-carat-j-color-vs2-clarity-sku-615239
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/emerald-cut/0.90-carat-k-color-vvs1-clarity-sku-908237
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/emerald-cut/0.92-carat-k-color-vs2-clarity-sku-684373
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/emerald-cut/0.97-carat-k-color-vs2-clarity-sku-823956
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/emerald-cut/1.04-carat-k-color-si1-clarity-sku-2107901
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/emerald-cut/1.01-carat-k-color-vs2-clarity-sku-1775208
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/emerald-cut/1.07-carat-k-color-si1-clarity-sku-1871820
Happy for opinions if anyone's motivated to look through all those! There's quite a range of ct size, cost ($1500-2400), clarity, and even lab (included 3 IGI diamonds, which are probably not as discounted as they oughtta be for how tinted they look!). Some have small but likely eye-visible inclusions, but none of them so bad that I'd eliminate out of hand (no BIG black gunk under the table, for example). I just can't pick *one* based on the performance, balance of specs & price, etc. Or even a rank list to discuss with the gemologist & see which have ASETs available.
Or... any other suggestions? Warm -- probably down to a N/O would be OK -- with broad clarity requirements. I love fluoro (even yellow fluor would be fine, I've always wanted one!). I don't want to pay a ton for it, but I'm also not looking for a typical G/VS2 engagement ring diamond.